Establishment of Bond Slip Relationship and Damage Evolution in Reinforced Cement Concrete

Abstract

Performance of buildings during seismic excitation demands integrity of structure as a whole. Di erential movements amongst structural members is prime cause of geometry distortion and prime cause of structural failures. Integrity and continuum nature of structure is primarily achieved through integral composite behaviour of rebar and concrete. Most important parameter deciding e ective composite behaviour of RCC is the bond slip characteristics